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1983 paper on entanglement entropy: "On the Entropy of the Vacuum outside a Horizon"

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I introduce the concept of *entanglement entropy* (as it's now called) and point out that it follows an *area law* which renders it a suitable source of black hole entropy. I also suggest to conceive the latter as residing on the horizon at approximately one bit per "Planckian plaquette".

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An Algebra of Observables for de Sitter Space

hep-th · 2022-06-22 · accept · novelty 7.0

Defines a Type II₁ algebra of gravitationally dressed observables in de Sitter static patch whose entropy matches generalized entropy up to a state-independent additive constant.

Black Hole Entropy from String Entanglement

hep-th · 2025-09-26 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

String entanglement entropy between folded strings in the sine-Liouville CFT, computed via worldsheet replica trick, accounts for black-hole thermal entropy, with the vertex-operator part matching exactly in the low-temperature large-D limit.

Entanglement Entropy and Thermodynamics of Dynamical Black Holes

hep-th · 2025-09-06 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

In f(R) theories, the replica-method gravitational entropy computed on the apparent horizon matches the Hollands-Wald-Zhang dynamical black hole entropy and satisfies the first law, while the event horizon does not; this lets the generalized second law be reinterpreted as matter entanglement across

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  • An Algebra of Observables for de Sitter Space hep-th · 2022-06-22 · accept · none · ref 27 · internal anchor

    Defines a Type II₁ algebra of gravitationally dressed observables in de Sitter static patch whose entropy matches generalized entropy up to a state-independent additive constant.

  • The negativity core of a 1+1D massless scalar quantum field hep-th · 2026-05-22 · unverdicted · none · ref 11 · internal anchor

    Analytic computation of logarithmic negativity and closed-form negativity cores for vacuum entanglement between two bounded regions in 1+1D free massless scalar QFT.

  • Black Hole Entropy from String Entanglement hep-th · 2025-09-26 · unverdicted · none · ref 2 · internal anchor

    String entanglement entropy between folded strings in the sine-Liouville CFT, computed via worldsheet replica trick, accounts for black-hole thermal entropy, with the vertex-operator part matching exactly in the low-temperature large-D limit.

  • A Semiclassical Diagnostic for Spacetime Emergence hep-th · 2026-05-07 · unverdicted · none · ref 29

    Evanescent quantum extremal surfaces, bounded in area but not generalized entropy, diagnose failures of spacetime emergence in holography.

  • Entanglement Entropy and Thermodynamics of Dynamical Black Holes hep-th · 2025-09-06 · unverdicted · none · ref 20 · internal anchor

    In f(R) theories, the replica-method gravitational entropy computed on the apparent horizon matches the Hollands-Wald-Zhang dynamical black hole entropy and satisfies the first law, while the event horizon does not; this lets the generalized second law be reinterpreted as matter entanglement across